Lana Del Ray - Born To Die

[Sosa]

There was a lot of hype on this album. Whatta you homeskillets think of the final product?



Its cool stuff, soulful with a hint of indie rock, even a hip hop influence on most of the tracks. obviously 'video games' beats the shit out out of the rest of the album but that was always gonna happen. not a perfect album but enough to warrant paying attention to her in the future.

[check two]

That's the broad who had the worst performance ever on Saturday Night Live right?

[Sosa]

Originally Posted by check two

That's the broad who had the worst performance ever on Saturday Night Live right?

yeah but forget about that for a minute.

yeah dan last week there was a ton of links, they kill em off fast especially big releases.

[Mr. R&B]

Don't know, haven't heard it yet.

I was interested but I couldn't find a link that hadn't been dickslapped by DCMA and I'm not about to pay money for that.

[check two]

I'll check it out. Is she DTF?

[Sosa]

lol definitely



slutty album. i imagine she has a larger than average labia.

[Mr. R&B]

I got ahold of the album, I'm definitely digging it.

Homegirl has some range, but obviously she punches out after verses and punches back in for hooks.

I like the melancholy, down tempo production on the album, it suits her voice perfectly.

Her lyrics are on some live fast, fuck hard, die young and pretty shit.

Us against the world music, anthems for disenhearted youngsters.

[check two]

I listened to the album, and I like her voice. I'd rather see a whole album of mostly somber, melancholy songs from her, instead of some of that pop like Katy Perry/Kesha type stuff that was thrown in there. Though I know that wouldn't appeal to the public as much.

[GhettoGnom]

Originally Posted by check two

I listened to the album, and I like her voice. I'd rather see a whole album of mostly somber, melancholy songs from her, instead of some of that pop like Katy Perry/Kesha type stuff that was thrown in there. Though I know that wouldn't appeal to the public as much.

^This.
If you want something somber, slightly similar, you should get your hands on Susanne Sundfør's The Brothel.



The way I see it, Lana Del Rey is a decent artist with an enormous amount of talent. If she finds her own musical expression instead of becoming another pop sensation riding every trend that comes along (j.lo, britney+, I think she'll have a bright future. Her voice is great (yes, it is that great, wera) and now that her name is huge, she shouldn't really need trends to sell millions(look at Adele, sometimes just making great music is the best way to do it). What slightly ruins the album for me is how uneven it is. It starts of amazing with the first four tracks, then Diet Mountain Dew & National Anthem comes right after each other and at that point I have a hard time continuing listening to the album every time I've tried to listen to it in it's entirety.

[check two]

Originally Posted by GhettoGnom

^This.
If you want something somber, slightly similar, you should get your hands on Susanne Sundfør's The Brothel.



The way I see it, Lana Del Rey is a decent artist with an enormous amount of talent. If she finds her own musical expression instead of becoming another pop sensation riding every trend that comes along (j.lo, britney+, I think she'll have a bright future. Her voice is great (yes, it is that great, wera) and now that her name is huge, she shouldn't really need trends to sell millions(look at Adele, sometimes just making great music is the best way to do it). What slightly ruins the album for me is how uneven it is. It starts of amazing with the first four tracks, then Diet Mountain Dew & National Anthem comes right after each other and at that point I have a hard time continuing listening to the album every time I've tried to listen to it in it's entirety.

I like that Brothel song(except for the chorus, it didn't really seem to fit with the song), so I'm going to check out that album.

[Mr. R&B]

I DLed The Brothel, gonna check it later on tonight or tomorrow.

[Longbongcilvaringz]

fucking boring shit, but not as bad as some over serious, dumb cunts are saying.

[Dr. Simon Hurt]

Originally Posted by bateman.

fucking boring shit, but not as bad as some over serious, dumb cunts are saying.

that sounds about right

[Sosa]

better than dubstep though.

theres only a few weak tracks, girl knows how to write a chorus, plus she has an evocative use of language. and for the most part the production is very good. theres a few more poppy numbers but they're more interesting than most and i think you need something for balance anyway.

[Prime8]

Pretty meh, tbh. Nothing stands out. The lyrics are dull and there's very little creativity.

4/10

Originally Posted by Sosa

better than dubstep though.

Born To Die > The Dubstep Genre? No, not a fucking chance.

Get rid of that Skrillex shit and listen to some Burial or Skream!